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024	7		_a10.1163/9789047417224 _2DOI
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100	1		_aLucas, Adam, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWind, Water, Work : _bAncient and Medieval Milling Technology / _cAdam Lucas.
246	3		_aAncient and Medieval Milling Technology
264		1	_aLeiden; _aBoston : _bBRILL, _c2006.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aTechnology and Change in History ; _v8
490	1		_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aList if illustrations/ figures -- Figure of sources -- List of tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One Agricultural Milling in Ancient and Medieval Societies -- 1. Milling Technology in the Ancient World -- 2. Milling Technology in the first millennium CE -- 3. Tide mills and windmills in the middle ages -- 4. The costs of construction and maintenance of medieval watermills and windmills -- 5. The role of monasteries in the development of milling in medieval England -- Part Two Industrial Milling in the Middle Ages -- 6. Was there an industrial revolution in the middle ages based on water-power? -- 7. Medieval European industrial mills -- 8. Medieval English industrial mills -- 9. The medieval Welsh fulling industry -- Conclusion -- 10. The social shaping of milling technology in the pre-modern period -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index.
520			_aThis book is the most comprehensive empirical study to date of the social and technical aspects of milling during the ancient and medieval periods. Drawing on the latest archaeological evidence and historical studies, the book examines the chronological development and technical details of handmills, beast mills, watermills and windmills from the first millennium BCE to c. 1500. It discusses the many and varied uses to which mills were turned in the civilisations of Rome, China, Islam and Europe, and the many types of mill that existed. The book also includes comparative regional studies of the social and economic significance of milling, and tackles several important historiographical issues, such as whether technological stagnation was a characteristic of late Antiquity, whether there was an "industrial revolution" in the European Middle Ages based on waterpower, and how contemporary studies in the social shaping of technology can shed light on the study of pre-modern technology.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aGrain _xMilling _xHistory.
650		0	_aMilling machinery _xHistory.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tWind, Water, Work : Ancient and Medieval Milling Technology. _dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2006 _z9789004146495 _w(DLC) 2006273265
830		0	_aTechnology and Change in History ; _v8.
830		0	_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047417224
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